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Outpoints Man From Ohio. NEITHER BOXER DAMAGED CALIFORNIAN TOO CLEVER FOR LAY (_] re ab the Ringside felt THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, JUNE 24, 9 DY GETS H OVER RUALIN the AR HIS OPPONENT. Blows ins From Game rley Tye. e e tators sing th irt, th nned lifted he ful 1t the fc figh ted n Court n whe ag down E OIS Big| ssor and Landed the | Throughout. 1 much bet- | a | defeated at Eastbour | sald Kennedy. “Ruhlin is ne by the handsome big, strong clever fellow with a good stiff | margin of 172 runs, and on May 26 the punch, 21d 1 had to handle him cautious- | Australians, with a ‘score of 207, defeated Iv during the early rounds of ihe contest. | Lancashire by an inning and 84 runs, V. was winnbg all the way, so 1 was satisfied to simply keep him’ going. | No, his fculing didn’t bother me much. C out that I could ‘nand it cut prety myself in the chinches, but I didn’t | see fit to take that advantage, for I felt fide of b ng my man. After the fifteenth round I felt that I could afford fou rough’ to X Imatters,' After the ba | the highest terms of Jc ¥ | ity as heavy-weight fighter. “His | showing against‘'a big, strong, clever fel- | low like Ruhlin surprised me somewhat, | though 1 knew Kennedy to be a tough | customer for anvbody to handle. I am | giad he p such a m it battle t here in his own ho k Ref- ee Van Court rendered a just decision In my opinion Kennedy won at every mark of the road.” Billy Otts added another victory to his | eredit throug d offices of Al Neill, referee of between Ot d Charley of Oakland. The vic y however, not cleancut in his | former contests, Tyve pr : a game and | willing fi the limit, { and d f fighting gave t ) cleverer than lacked in that from the blows lacked °r the young stiff punches his seasoned - up In ag a d if Ott’s e obser dministercd assimilated by b ended in Otts’ favor in f the first round. He é telling punches on er's game pulled him the rounds that followed ighter gave blow for blow orced the b: Otts ver in cked ri the sho out the pace. ome very heavy nxiet t swings. He did reach Otts the and body and showed to advantage ily time during the contest. In Otts' clever ducking of d swings and returning left B e e S 2 ar1y AnD [ T GAVE A WIND ML EXHIBTION, AL NEILL LOOKED AFTER could rough e ref- y and wild him zhast, ym- first k his r the it hi sides gave ) s ratulated on success last four rounds ‘ om Joe's fol- gain threw their 15 around 11 other evide of their ) u feel, Joe?"" inquired Tim S the big heavy orous final rub )ing another twer playfully enncdy, and his confident caused broad grins of co confident of winning from the oG eie o E ONEY o i et e i e the Acme man’s nos art- the eighth the bovs were cheered by 1 great ouble ting 7 1d d in he would ace. In the Tye scemed ot OF i e of scc of : hor t on the give and tak; ened by th d bored in in the ckout. After shaking hands d the boys stood in the c ng and pimmeled each ot rt’s contex ion_was rom Tye's from Otts’ tate ith howls of 1 with sh tion from of th been e he Californ announcing that the ociation. anxious to se to tr. H. Wilfrid a Cricket southern The Los team with would av » in Sout! the geme mpleted before Ju ic holiday available n objection to the latter s that polo races take pla Santa Admission day, and several of the best men As fornia ow cricke in Southern Califor- be taking part in them, and so to be omitted from the crick- The outhern men would like vs' cricket, and suggest iinst one of the city with city cric for a game. ved a the | n Gabriel Valle; Los sred 220 runs, of which an made 61, J. Scott 43, . not_out, and A. M! None of thé San_Gabriel Tc <, except “C. B. and the y for Los A Mutch, formerl mem- cific eleven, played in the s team, scoring 9 runs. like many cricketers, is ; ng preside f the Golf Club, the secretary of whick H. Dudley, who in 189 was a lead- | member of ‘the British Cricket Club stield. 1 test even made up of an 11d get a holida; tly pl A | of the Callfornia Cricket | v waited upon Messrs. obtained their consent lateiy offered by the iner may seem best jation. The conditions upon will be awarded will be dis cussed at the next meeting of the a s =it of the L. y the proposal of fthe Lake County ¢lubs to receive an eleven of rom the city. the most inte ting matches of on were the two played betw Comers and Banks and Insuraunce In the firs h, played at Ala- on July 24, the latter were vict but in the return match, played on st 21 at Golden Gate, All Comers le a score of 204 runs for 7 wicke and won by 11§ runs, with three wicke! to spare. To-morrow the banks and in- Among All Me surance representatives will be chosen /| from the following: G. J. Theobald, J. J. Moriarty, C. Simmonds, J, Myers, F.| Sewell, W. G. F. Driffield, 3. C. Farrell, H. Ward, W. G. Selwood . P. Coles and J. D. Robertson. The All Comers, team will be made up of:| Arthur Dickenson, E. G. Sloman. G. J. augh. F. M. Gunn, G. Hellmann, V. See- beck, H. Coles, O. J. Thomas, J. H. Saun- | ders| H. Bird and one other. O. J. Thomas is a new player who has just joined the California club. The teams ap-| pear very equaily matched in batting and | bowling strength and a close game should | result. : 1ppear on every countenance | i match of the Australian team now | visiting England against Yorkshire was | left unfinished on account of heavy rain | after Yorkshire had scored 83 runs for 3| wickets. A scratch all-England team was | bition of | Trumper scoring 82 runs for the winners. On May 2) the Australians played against T | Oxford University at Oxford and scored a53. The university team replied with a score of 241, F. B. Champain, the captain, playing a splendid innings of 120. In their second innings the Australians scored 260 runs for 4 wickets, and the match was drawn. In the match England vers Australia_at Nottingham the Australians scores 2 in_their first innings and the home team 193, C. B. Fry, the old captain of the Oxford University eleven, being the highest rer. In the second innings of the Australians one wicket fell for 93 runs. The Australian bowling is very dif- but the idiy. team does not make runs rap- —— —— YACHTSMEN A-CRUISING GO. he gathering of yachts in Oakland ek last Saturday and Sunday was one of the largest that has been seen on the bay for a long time. All the yachts of the California Club were moored in front of the house, and the Invitation of Com- modore A. M. Clay to the sister clubs was accepted by one launch from the San Fran and by seven- en yachts from th inthi The tors rece d a hearty welcome. This evening at 6 o’clock Commodore T. Hill, ace by rancisco tsmen, will moonlight cruise to Petaluma Creek, an- choring r the night near the draw | bridge To-morrow the yac or be towed out of the creek, and will anchor off El Campo to witness the row- g races to be held the During the ependence day holi both the San th B lubs will cruise The San Franciscos | the | will leave Sunset Park at from Sausalito at 2 p. m. 1, and_wiil anc allejo. At 6 a. m. n 3 t will sail or -be towed to Napa, furning on July 3 to McNear's landing 1d on the Fourth to its moorings. Commodore Allen M. Clay of the Cali- s will divide his holidays this year <, taking one week now and end of July. Californias start to-day on their an- night at 'V & o= S-+oeioeg . . "I TOLD yA TeEYD BE MOTHIN' TO 1T BUT KENNEDY " PINER .VJA D, KELLY ek o SRCE SRS o) ® - © * ® + 3 ) @ 3 . ¢ JouH MorRYE {0UGHT THE ' Bow s a Goon Ay THE QRPNEURT « sieieisieieiebeiei et eto@®! When Kennedy Was Declared Winner - nual eru flagship obably be accom- panied by sloop Embl R Wiiso grim, H. Bryd sloop Hope L F. Gme modo s sloop Eame's sloop Surf and C, vawl Vema (formerly morrow into the upne El Campo regatta. 3 nodore panied by to Drak Captain recent around the 1 a_long cruise July holid 1, the fleet 11 a5 Renicia night, the next day up to Suisin the vachts will | make Vallejo, on the 4th ‘wil return to McNears Landing and Tiburon. The tides are very favorable for the cruise, 1d_most of the flcet will take it ars the vachts w of the Pacific ciation. —_—————— AMONG THE DOG FANCIERS, 1 join the annual Interclub Yacht A The Pacific Mastiff Club held its annual | meeting on Thursday last at the Phe- lan building, Dr. F. W. d’Evelyn In the The secretary’s report showed the club was making sat, actory progre 1 that much had been done to foster the interests of the breed. One of the members of the club has imported from England a five months' old dog pUppY out -of t o leading prize win- ners of the 3 This r. to develop into a sensation and will un- doub do much to improve the ma: tff strain on th st equally sat- | isfactory mfortable bal- after paying for the nd_trophies offered for competi- the recent show. » following officer: the ensuing Dr medal; were elected for Fred wW. a | president: € A. Sprec vice president; J: rm sec s ait rectors—Dr. w. el A. Spreckels. Duncan_ S, Murra ot Dh-k‘ and J. P. orman. Seabury H. Mastick of New York was elected dele- gate to the American Kennel Club and Drs. F. W. 8. Kaife and K. O. Steers were appointed veterinary officers A vote of thanks was passed to American Mastiff Club for the latte liberality in offering its lendid trophies for competition at the e show. It wa resolved to increase the value of th prizes to be offered at the next show and place specials at all Pacific Coast shows held under American Kennel Club rules The Pacific advisory committee of th American Kennel Club will hold a meeot- | ng at the Occidental Ilotel on Tuesday next. Several appeals are on the dockets for consideration. The newly reorganized Pacific Foxter- rier Club has opened a sweepstake for de. lon next year. Intending competitors ould send in their ‘nominations of bitches bred as soon as possible to J. 13. Martin, New City Hall. The noted Boston terrier, Oakside Bes sie, has been bred to the Oakslde Ker nel’s quisition, Oakside Tremant. The ' should be ‘splendid specimens of the breed. 2ot ik g Railway Excursion To-Morrow. The railway men are looking forward with much pleasure to their coming ex- cursion and picnic at Sunset Park to- morrow, and it is needless to say that they propose to give their friends the best kind of a time. The boat will leave tne ferry at 8:45 o'clock a. m. and, returning, o'clock in the afternoon. Tickets are good for in- termediate points on both the hroad and narrow-gauge roads. e e Her Iover Gone to Mexico. May Wilson, a young woman living at 402 Golden Gate avenue, was taken to the | Recelving Hospital early yesterday morn- lnfi because her friends thought she had taken poison, as hér lover. Ben Bosqui, had gone to Mexico. Dr. Tormey exam- ined her. but could find no traces of poi- son, and diagnosed the case as one of hysteria. She was able to leave the hos- pital a few hours later. ficult and their batting sound and sure, | At | PUpPY is expected | WALCOTT EE1S THE DECISO " NER CREEDON Twenty Hard Fought Rounds. S COLORED MAN AGGRESSIVE | —_—— THE SEVENTH. gt | Australian Fights a Desperate Battle, But His Blows Fail to Jar the Barbadoes ‘Wonder. = Special Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, June 23.—Joseph Wal- | cott, the colored welter-weight boxer, was given the decision over Dan Cree- | don, the Australian middle-weight, at the end of a hard-fought twenty-round | bout before the New Broadway Ath- | letic Club to-night. “Johnny” White | was the referee. | In the opening round Creedon led a straight left, landing on the head, and | sent his left back to.the body. | hy Walcott put Dan's ey | fore the bell rang. Walcott cpened the second with a left hook to the eve, Dan shooting his right | to the body, following with a short left to the face. W the jaw and a right to the body, keep- ing Dan moving around the ring. n mourning be- Walcott came out strong in the third | and drove his left straight to the mouth, but was blocked cleverly when he tried his right for the body. Wal- cott kept pummeling his opponent rap- idly, receiving occasiozal counters %ADVANTAGE IS ALL HIS AFTER Walcott | ooked his left to the chin. A right from | cott sent a left hook to | ¢ which did not seem to have any effect | upon him. In the sixth round a left smash from Walcott sent the blood spurting from, | Creedon’s right eye, and after Dan r ceived a right and left on the bod | locked very tired. He came up ! next rounid looking strong, having e | dently fully recuperated. on of left jabs to T Creedon's discomf m this round to the finish 1 it all his own way. Dan made a wonderful rally d. ped to his knee | times to the negro's h | enteenth Walcott sli in a rush. a second, laughed. The nineteenth round found Walcott | forcing Dan all over the ring with lefts to the body and rights to the | head. Dan fought back desperately, but his blews lacked steam. When | they shook hands for the wind-up Wal | cott rushed and tried hard to land a dec e blow, but Cr n managed to evade him cleverly. When the ended the bout the negro turned and shook hands with Creedon and Lavigne. Referee White gave the decision to Walcott. JOCKEY HARRIS INJURED. Belzara and True Light Fall in a Race at Latonia. CINCINNATI, June 23—In the two- le race at Latonia to-day Belzara and te Light fell at the head of the Harris, Belzara's rider, was however, and both men tretch. badly . while L who rode True Light, e ed Inj True Light 11 not be fit to Trece Weather pleasant Re track fast. essle Jarhoe won, rrene thi Time, e w a Vo.sec- ond, Nettie Regent third. Ti Ohe liing—Dutch ¢ won, cond, Violet Parsons third. Time, selling—Rotha won, Periwig Time, 1:14%. w Prosecutor third. Dissolute ST. LOUIS, June | fair grounds was Re: selling—Aunt Mary an third, vear-old i, Alice Turner third. won, ime, 1 ng—Gotobed_won, sh third. Time, sixteenth, econd, furlongs, second, B. Gates won, Sil- & Gold third. Time, handicap—Loving Fircside Alleviate third. seliing -W. imp, K ond, ear-olds—John Silent Friend maiden tw rnis second, furlongs, won, D Time, 1:6 third CHICAGO, June 22.—Weather at Haw. | thorne fair; track fast. Results: | . Title second, Defender O “tve nd, One mile—Tenby mada third. Time, g | " Mile and a sixteenth, int second, W elling—Einer od Ranger won, third. selling—Pat Garrett won, val d'Or third. Time, first, but was dis ngs, arda won, The Time, 1:46%. nd a sixteenth, sell r second, Possum th “p0OC” PAYNE KNOCKS i OUT PATSY CORRIGAN San Franciscan Beaten in a Mill Re- | markable Only for Foul Fighting. DENVER, June 25.—At the Denver Wheel Club to-night “Doc” Payne, who hails from Cleveland, Ohio. and s the | sparring partner of “Kid" McCoy, put out Patsy Corrigan of San Francisco in the was scheduled -to twenty-round fight. It wa slugging match throughout and was de- nything approaching science. adopted rushing tactics from the in the collisions between the men frequently both feli to the floor. In sixth round of what have been a through the rope: Payne was somewhat unruly when cau- tioned by the referee against striking his opponent low and hitting in the clinches, which_he did frequently, and during tl second round would have struck Corri. an while the latter lay prostrate on the mat had not the referee wrestled with him and pulled him away. In the third round Payne fought the referee, who tried in_vain to arate the fighter: “Jack"” Grace acted as referee. “Kid” McCoy sat back of Payne and coached him between the rounds. “Tommy" White sparred J. McNearney, the New York newsboy, four exhibition rounds in the prelimina which was followed with @ four-round go between “Danny” McFadden of San Francisco and oung Corbett.”” feather-weight cham- | pion of Colorado. “Young Corbett” had | ten pounds the better of it in weight, but McFadden made it interesting for him, neverthele and in the opinion of the spectators had decidedly the better of the Jast round, landing on Corbett's face and body with ease. This bout was scientific and rapid and prepared the crowd for the disappointment they were to receive from the character of the main event. Leon and Forbes Draw. ST. LOUIS, Mo., June 23.—The battle to-night for the so-called bantam-weight championship of the world, between Cas- ar Leon of New York and_Clarence Farbes of Chicago, before the West End the fourth round Payne threw Corrigan | Walcott sent | in_the | | ifteenth, sending his right over three | In the sev- | Walcott was on his feet in | |CALIFORNIA WOMAN gong | | | { | | | 1899, Athletic Club, resulted in a draw. The boys fought twelve fast rounds, but neither was able to sccure a decided ad- vantage. ORPHANS GIVE THE SUPERBAS A CHECK Callahan’s Wildness Alone Saves the Eastern Aggregation From a Shut-Out. NATIONAL LEAGUE STANDING, . Clubs— 2 New York 1 Cinclnnati ttsburg uisville W. L. 31 30 CHICAGO, June met ior the first game were defeated in a close game. and the iead But for Calla- ban's wildness the Superbas would have heen shut out, both of their runs being gifts. Dahien recelved’ a warm welcome and was presen mond hut Attendance, with a fine diamond, a pair of di nd several elegant floral pieces. 8700, Score: Clubs— RS HE Chica 3 s i tteries—Callg : Dunn and rrell. Umpires—Ga Manassau. CINCINNATIL June 23.—The Reds drove Kit- £0n off the slab in the fourth inning, when the: scored enough runs to win. Hall, who follow: did well, but the Orioles found Hahn a p: after the third inning. Attendance, 1S. Scc R H "E L gi1y 2 nore 5 B 3 Batteries 1 n. Hill and Robinson, 3arr. =2 June The Senators in an interesting game, pitc being given good support. Louisville bunched hits on _Mercer, kept his hits well scattered. late of Louisville, was signed ce Pete Cassiday at firs both While Dowling George Decker, Manager Irwin the latter be- Score: H 15 rers id to the Providence, R. L, club. R. o Batteries—Dowling and Power: Butler. Umbpires vartwood PITTSBURG, June 23 —Pitteburg could not hit and Boston could. O'Brien was put out of 3 Ising back to Connolly. In th Frisbee had feved by Stafford, g Duffy, Attend- n he was r ce hit, scorf Boston Batteries—Tannehill and Bergen. - Umplres 2nd ¥ Lynch LOUIS, June ers gave an exhibit o-day and had no Flick and Lauder ha P the lot. Lav 0ss was the only could touch Attendance, 2300. R. 4 Score H. Clubs— 5 i t. Louls.. Iphia . 14 eries—Powell and Criger; Piatt Umpires—Emslie and McDonald. AND, J —Bates was wild to- Club had but little tes and Schrecengorst: Umpire ith and And MAY BE TENNIS QUEEN Miss Marian Jones of Pasadena Un- beaten in the Championship Tournament. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., June To- day’s play in the lawn tennis tournament 'or the woman's championship of the | United States at Wissahickon Heights re- sulted as follow Singles — Semi-final Maud Banks, Philadelphia lub, de- feated' Mrs, C. B. Neel Kenwood Cricke ub, ¥ 4—5, 6—1. Miss Marian Jones of Pasadena, Cal,, defe J. W. Craven, Kenwood Criel Chicago, 6—1, 6—0. Mixed doubles Miss E. J. Ras- tall and A. L. Hoskins Belmont Cricket Club, Philadelph: J. W. Craven and J. P. G wood Cricket Club, 6—4 (unfinished). The last game of the first round of con- .played Mrs. rdener, Ken- Chicago, 4—§, ition singles, part of which was played yesterday, resuited: - H. Lycett, Merion Cricket Philadelphia, defeated Miss mont Cricket Club, 6—1. Philadelph! Semi-final consolation E. ingles—Miss defeated Philadelphla, 6—1, J. Rastall, Philadelphi; Ethel Steel, stall, Philadelphia, de- . J. Rastall, Beimont delphia, 6—4, 62 ey DENVER _ RESULTS. Venus II Wins the 2:27 Trotting Race in Straight Heats. DENVER, June 23.—The 2:27 trot at Overland Park was a present to Venus 11, who won in straight heats. In the 2:12 pace E. S. was an easy break lost him the first heat. running races Mocorito and Rags aston- hed their admirers by winning. The betting on the former was 4 to 1 and on the latter 7 to 1. Minyon was an even- 5 m ¢ favorite: Trotting—Venus 11 won in three straight 4 Time, 2:2le. 2184, 2:19. Evalina, | Teller and Mewitza also started | 5 , third and fourth 210, 21 2 a_half fu Bill Maybham third. ford secon: Time,’ :36%. Five and a half furlongs—Mocorito won, T Don't Know second, La Fontera third. Time, 1:091:. May Beach, The Light and Mountain Queen also ran. { Theresa and Myrtle Gebauer also ran. Five and a half furlongs—Rags won, Encino second, R Q Ban third. Time, 1:07%. ' Ouilay, Oreusa, Commercial Traveler, Blue Bell and Naoma B aiso ran, Six_furlongs—Juva won, ond, Libretta thi Time. 1:16%. Napian and Stromo also ran. Ivy Bloom, Fast Journey Awheel. WOODLAND, June 23.—Professors Ar- thur and Sidney Elston of Berkeley ar- rived in_Woodland on Thursday night at 11 o'¢lock. having made the distance on their wheels in eight hours of actual run- ning time. st Qe Alden Brothers. Beaten. LONDON, June 25.—In the lawn-tennis championship games at Wimbledon to- day Hobart and Nesbit defeated the Al- den_ brothers in the second round of the doubles, three sets to love. ‘Want Rapid Transit. The North Beach Improvement Club Rea, president; John Staude, vice presi- dentg G. Posta, treasurer; George - Sec- kamp, recording secretary; George W. Duff, financial secretary; I. Shunansky and F. Auregi, executive committee. The foliowing resolution offered by M. J. Fontana was unanimolsly adopted: “Resolved, That we, the residents of the northern part of the city, in meeting gembled, do most respectfully but earnest- 1y protest against the delay in passing the necessary orders granting the Market- street Railway Company certain privi- n electric road and Sansome streets. That we respectfully but demand the Board of Supervis without any further delay the resolutions required for the leges in order to build on Montgome “Resolved, earnestl purpose above mentioned, and thus give | the northern part of the city some of the | advantages of rapid transit which are now enjoyed by the more fa ern district of San Francisco ———— Working for Commercial Treaty. Special Cable to The Call and the New York " Herald. Copyrighted, 189, by James Gor. don Bennett. BUENOS AYRES, June 2.—United States Minister Buchanan continues ne gotiations for a commercial treaty be- tween the United States and Argentina. He hopes it will be concluded in time for his journey to the United States, which he wiil undertake on July 7. vored south- Brooklyn and Chicago | winner, though | In the | Ferryman 1II sec- | d | ns | | Deliberately Unset the Table at Which | 3l v were | | after leaving the table SLOAN TORIDE TOTHEEND OF THE SEASON False Rumors of His, Retirement. S | TALKS OF ASCOT INCIDENTi WAITER WAS DETERMINED TO CAUSE TROUBLE. e the Jockey Sat and Was Knocked Down for His | Pains. | = ecial Cabl Herald. ¢ don Bennett. LONDON, June For the last two or | three days report has been going about | in sporting circles to the effect that Tod Sloan hada decided to give up racing on ihis side for the remainder of the season. The reason given was that it was due to the row with a waiter at A t. A Herald correspondent saw the Ameri- can jockey to-day. He said there was no truth whatever in the story, and that he intended to carry out ail S gagements. He then gave b to The Call and the New York ighted, 1899, by James Gor- 9] th ir, which differs materially frem most of the stories printed. i “After the last race at ot on Cup | day, while I was waiting for a friend to | mpany me home, another friend and | L took a seat at a table on the lawn and ordered a s 11 bottie of champagne I had not b ; well, and | that the » me good. | lutely the first drink of wine I had taken in more than | ho served the drink | went and spoke to | another waiter, a man named Winter- bora, who was serving the tables near | ours. This man made some remarks about an American jockey, to which we | paid no attention. To serve his tables he ould have followed the path which ran | of our table. Instead of that the next time he passed he crowded in (ront’ of our table and bumped against us ! 'L grabbed hold of him, but said noth- | ing. He then in a few minutes returaed | and n bumped Into our table. This time I told him to take care. He mnt- tered something and went off a third time. = ne_approached again I sald to my | i friend, ‘This man intepds to upset our | | tabl Sure enough, as he got in front | hav | serious conditior \ | to go | settled there some time in September. | off, | | | fected a pr-manent organization at hington-square Hall last n ight by | electing the following officers: L. A. | | | | and in the anger of the moment | posite side: of us he suddenly turned around, placing his back to us, and before we could catch the table he had upset it and the contents on our la 1 seized a bottie as it feil struck the man back-handed. The bottle hit him in the f: the blow was not at all severe, and 1 was surprised to see blood flow. The bottle was not broken. “A friend of mine, who afterward saw | ‘Winterbern, found him sitting up »n bed | and apparently very little the worse for | the blow. notwithstanding all stories that ed about his being in a | | | | | FITZSIMMONS SAYS | HE WILL FIGHT AGAIN| Ex-Champion to Meet “Eid” McCoy | for the Middleweight Championship. NEW YORK, June 2: Ex-Champion | “Bob"” Fitzsimmons says he will soon | fight again. In all likelihood his next | opponent will be “Kid” McCoy. Dur- ing the past few da several offers | have been made by different clubs for | the match, the Colorado Athletic Club | being the principal bidder, with a purse | of $20,000. Martin Julian is not inelined | o far West, for he thinks the | Coney Island Club will give more money than the Denver organization is ready | to donate. Fitzsimmons says he would | rather box in the East, as he is anxious to give the sports who lost money on | him when he fought Jeffries a chance | to get even. Julian said to-night: | “Arrangements are under way to| bring about a fight between McCoy and Fitzsimmons to decide the middle- | weight championship. I have received | assurances from the Coney Island | Sporting Club that that organization | will go as high as any other club and | the chances are that the mill will be McCoy is now in Denver and has been communicated with. He says he | is ready to fight “Lanky Bob” and will | tackle him after his battle with Joe | Choynski, which is to be pulled off in Denver on July 2. | Julian said under no circumstancesl would Fitzsimmons agree to meet Tom | harkey at the Lencx Athletic Club o anywhere else. He declares both the sailor and his manager have “roasted’ Fitzsimmons all over the country, and that Fitzsimmons will not give them al chance to make money at his expense. Fitzsimmons will make his first ap- pearance in the ring since his defeat by Jeffries at the Coney Island Club on| next Monday night. He will spar four rounds with “Yank” Kenny previous to the twenty-five-round go between | “Mysterious Billy” Smith and Chz\rlie‘ McKeever, e ON THE TENNIS COURTS. l I The California’ Tennis Club was iho! scene of some gcod tennis during the | week. Tor the first time in many months | the Whitneys and the Hardys met on op- of the net. George Whitney the best that the local club can offer, and Sumner Hardy, the present coast cham- pion, played s Whitney literally dragged Hardy over the ground. The set was 6-0 in Whitney's favor. When the second set reached the stage of 3-0 in fa- vor of the local crack the men cailed it | and the Wh brothers and_the Hardys then play . The Oak- landers were the victors in this march, core 6-4, 6-4. An English player with a reputation | strolled on to the courts during the wee! When he gave the iame of Lawford the local men were ready to fall at his feet He is not the great Lawford, however, | merely a cousin. George Whitney was se- | One lifornia Club men that o1 man_with the ed the Englishman lected to meet this visiting exvert. set satisfied the C Whitney racket, is a sups for he def. X love game. 2 Chesebrouzh beat Miss R. Fos ter, 4-6, 6. Mis<es Clark. Hail and | Foster were at San Rafael during the ek and played a round robin there, di- viding the honors. When the Pacific States Lawn Ten- | nis Association first announced the championship tourrament in _singles, | which will be plaved on the San Rafael courts on July 4 a large| number of _ plavers camd forward and signified their intention to enter the | lists. Since that time there has been a change in the condition of things. which, unless they are remedied during the com. ing week, will produce a tournament in which there will be but few entries and | uninteresting conte The full list to iate, and that covers | about all who will piay. is as follows: Alameda—Murdock and. cunt: Californ ZHarry Weih, Grant Smith, George Br shaw, Dr. Root, Barciay Henley. M. Johnson, J. M. Code: Oakland—am Hardy, Earl_Stone. Paul Selby, Divert and Brown; Dr. Phillips of ‘Reno will be a | party in_the tournainent as in former | years. George Whitn is as yet unde- | cided whether he will play or not. If the proper persuasion is ‘brought fo bar | Whitney will enter and contest Sam Har- dy's right to the championship. The win- ner of the all-comers will have to meet | Sumner Hardy. the present champion, If | George Whitney does not enter the cup | will go to the Hardy family for a cer- tainty. —_— - Sunday Handball Games. A game on a friendly basis between Phil Ryan, proprietor of the San Francisco {and just at that time | jured, though not ve | water. | hand. handball court at 858 Howard street. and Mr. Sheehan, proprietor of the San Mateo court, has been arranged for the near future. The play will be commenced at the San Mateo court one week from next Sunday and will be continued-at the Howard-street court on the following Sunday, alternating in this manner until five games are played. The winner, who must win three out of five, will have all his expenses paid for himself and scorer at the cost of the loser. The entries for next Sunday at Ryan's are: . Foley and J. Kirby vs. M. Kirby and D. gan D. Rogers and M. and M. McDonald. . H. Sieberst and D. Donough and E. Ly A. Whiteman and J. Glynn Regli R McDonald McNeil va. G. J. Sheehan vs. E. Me- E. White and . Coltins and E. Curley vs. J. White and Maguire. Maloney and J. Riordan vs. J. Harlow and E. Toy: M. J. Kilgallon and R. Linehan vs. A, Hampton and T. F. Bonnet POOR LO ENGAGES IN A WAR OF CREEDS Efforts of Evangelists of Several ' Denominations Have a Sur- prising Result. VANCOUVER, June 23. ews of a | battle resulting from a clash of creeds among the Indians at Port Es was received. here to-night by the steamer Prince Louise. That vessel passed Essington on turday night, the fight took A balf dozen Indians were in- y seriousl Over 1000 Indians have lately been encamped near Port Essington. They were salmon fishing at the opening of the season, but went on a strike. The Salvation Army thought them fit sub- jects for revival services and started agton place. in_with some gospel meetings on the hill back of the village. Then a Metho- dist minister, realizing what chances were being lost, started a camp meet- ing and with the aid of the Episcopal- ian clergyman, who took the opposite hill, they made quite a mountain of Saturday the fever of religious fervor was burning at its highest, and, s the steamer hove into sight, the In- dians all decided to show to their white friends the results of their awakening. They started for the wharf by trails that converged at one point. The Indians met above the wharf, where the trail was so narrow as hardly to Iét one party pass at a time. A mix- up followed, and although no worse weapons than fists and clubs were used some of the reds were badly cut up. | Bloed flowed freely and the injured In- dians came down to the steamer for medicine. The fighters were finally separated by the missionaries, who were the most surprised of all at what ( kad occurred. MISER SEEKS A HOME AT A COUNTY HOSPITAL Search of His Clothing Reveals the Existence of a Bank Account in His Name. SAN ANDREA June 23.—Prosper Blanchard, an old resident of Brandy Flat, was admitted to the county hospital on April 3 of this ve Blanchard i years of age and when admitted was dirty bbily dressed creature. Super- | intendent Burges ving heard rumors to the effect that th consid- p: bank, erable mon in the concluded it was his duty to investiga 3 Yesterd morning Burgess instructed the nurse to give Blanchard a bath and report t© him when the man was in the The instructions were carried out, nd the superintendent entered the room, ostensibly to see if the patient needed anything in the way of clothing. Burgess says that after looking the man’s clo*hes over he concluded that if the old chap needed arything he could buy it himself, The clothes containad in_cash and a statement rendered by the French Sav- ings and Loan Socie showing a bal- ance due Blanchard on May 1889, of 3846 43. In compliance with the rules and regu- lations of the county hospital Burgess kept $20 for the county, giving the miser the remalining 2 cents in coin. The rules do nt allow the superintendent to con- fiscate all the money a patient may have on his person. He s a copy of the bank statement filed away for any future use. Blanchard was discharged immediat2ly and is prcbably pr his neighbors. e gt TO WED AT BRUSSELS. Faust Moncheu; Will Marry a Daughter of Colonel Capehart. Special Cable to The Call and the New Herald. Copyrighted, 1599, don Bernett. BRUSSELS, June Faust Moncheur, a native of San Francisco, and Miss Clyve Capehart, daughter of Cglonel Capehart of the First Virginia Cavalry Volunteers are to be married at Ten Noode, one « the principal suburbs of the Belgian capi- tal, to-morro; aching poverty among o - The Newark Nearing Valparaiso. Special Cable The Call and the New York Herald. Copyrighted, 189, by James Gor- don Bennett. VALPARAISO, June The cruiser Newark left Ancud on Wednesday after- oon after coaling. It is expected at this port to-morrow. A strong northerly gale ana heavy rain prevailed to-day. The city is inundated and much damage done. ADVERTISENENTS SUCCESS. Advice to Men Who Are Ambitious to Succeed in Business, Po'itics, War or Social Life. THE HAIN TRAVELED ROAD CLEARLY INDICATED, The road to success is a difficult one to travel. 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